Ben Bloch

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'Bafflingly dull': Critics pan new Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren

The film was screened earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival before its cinematic release

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'Bafflingly dull': Critics pan new Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren

NUS opens conference with antisemitism apology after damning report

3 min read

British Jews 'favoured over Muslims', says David Miller

2 min read

Board of Deputies apologises for tweet calling journalist an 'a******'

2 min read

Support offered to women after rabbi accused of sex assault leads Purim party

Jewish Women's Aid have released a statement after Chaim Halpern was the guest of honour at an event with several young people

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March 10, 2023 17:41

Support offered to women after rabbi accused of sex assault leads Purim party

Three shot and injured in terror attack outside Tel Aviv coffee shop

One person was critically injured, and two others were also rushed to hospital with serious injuries

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March 9, 2023 19:22

Three shot and injured in terror attack outside Tel Aviv coffee shop

Chief Rabbi leads service honouring German Jewish footballer killed in the Holocaust

Ahead of their crucial Champions League game, Chelsea FC and Borussia Dortmund FC rededicated themselves to the fight against antisemitism

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March 8, 2023 18:13

Chief Rabbi leads service honouring German Jewish footballer killed in the Holocaust

Gary Lineker under fire for '1930s Germany' tweet on immigration

The BBC Match of the Day host tweeted that the language used around immigration policy 'is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s'

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March 8, 2023 11:00

Gary Lineker under fire for '1930s Germany' tweet on immigration

Top UN human rights official accused of 'extreme' anti-Israel bias

Craig Mokhiber has tweeted that Israel is conducting 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians and vocally supports the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement

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March 2, 2023 13:59

Top UN human rights official accused of 'extreme' anti-Israel bias

Prince Harry's guest compared Hamas terrorists to Warsaw Ghetto fighters

Trauma expert Dr Gabor Maté is due to have an 'intimate' public conversation with the Prince on Saturday

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March 2, 2023 13:23

Prince Harry's guest compared Hamas terrorists to Warsaw Ghetto fighters

UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protest

At least 11 protesters were treated in hospital for injuries sustained after police used stun grenades, tear gas, and water cannons to disperse demonstration

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March 1, 2023 16:33

UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protest

Ben-Gvir assassination plot foiled as violence erupts at Tel Aviv protest

A resident of east Jerusalem has been arrested for the alleged plan to kill the far-right minister

1 min read

March 1, 2023 11:40

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to bystanders as he walks to the site of a reported attack in a settler neighborhood in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on January 27, 2023. - At least seven people were killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Friday January 27, 2023, with the gunman killed at the scene, police and medics said. "Earlier this evening at around 8:30 pm (1830 GMT), a terrorist arrived at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov boulevard in Jerusalem and proceeded to shoot at a number of people in the area," a police statement said. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

Mr Cleverly rejected the 'apartheid' descriptor for Israel, but criticised settlements in the West Bank

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February 24, 2023 17:13

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

Biden's diplomats pushing UK not to proscribe Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps

This comes as the Security Minister tells the JC that Iran is preparing a potential assassination campaign against Britain's Jews

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February 23, 2023 16:28

Biden's diplomats pushing UK not to proscribe Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps

Government introduces legislation to build Westminster Holocaust Memorial

Labour has promised to help pass the Bill 'as quickly as possible'

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February 23, 2023 11:29

Government introduces legislation to build Westminster Holocaust Memorial

Antisemitism activists crowdfunding to fight lawsuit after Twitter argument

Edward Cantor and James Mendelsohn say they will need to fundraise around £150,000 to fight the case

3 min read

February 22, 2023 13:04

Antisemitism activists crowdfunding to fight lawsuit after Twitter argument

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Ben Bloch

Latest from Ben Bloch

'Bafflingly dull': Critics pan new Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren

NUS opens conference with antisemitism apology after damning report

British Jews 'favoured over Muslims', says David Miller

Board of Deputies apologises for tweet calling journalist an 'a******'

More from Ben Bloch

Support offered to women after rabbi accused of sex assault leads Purim party

Three shot and injured in terror attack outside Tel Aviv coffee shop

Chief Rabbi leads service honouring German Jewish footballer killed in the Holocaust

Gary Lineker under fire for '1930s Germany' tweet on immigration

Top UN human rights official accused of 'extreme' anti-Israel bias

Prince Harry's guest compared Hamas terrorists to Warsaw Ghetto fighters

UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protest

Ben-Gvir assassination plot foiled as violence erupts at Tel Aviv protest

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

Biden's diplomats pushing UK not to proscribe Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps

Government introduces legislation to build Westminster Holocaust Memorial

Antisemitism activists crowdfunding to fight lawsuit after Twitter argument